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So we just had the worst winter in 100 years, honestly. Previously I had spent about 3 hours installing this system over our front porch stairs. Every winter the stairs get dripped on and just about kills us or anyone trying to get to the top. I thought I had found the perfect answer. So once we got our first snow, I plugged it into power and just waited for virtually nothing to happen. If you purchase this product you need to research use case scenarios quite a bit to make sure you fully understand where you need this installed, how it's installed and understand when and why it starts working. So my first mistake was using the thermostat part of this product. It's designed to only power on when it's around 40 degrees. We had 4 weeks of snow and one day above 40 degrees. The ice dam was a foot tall and no sign of any activity at all from this device. So I dug in and started reading folks' experience with this and I immediiately went outside and bypassed the thermostat part. Still with that much ice dam and at 10 degree weather, well I was in trouble. Not until I braved a ladder which I nailed to the steps and tied myself off with a roof safety kit did I have a chance to see what was going on. I have a couple air compressors and I pulled out my air chisel and started going at it. An hour later I had removed enough ice to see that the device had started working, just way way to little to late. So that is part of the lesson. The other is that it does get warm, but reasonably so. I think if you turn it on so that it stays on 100% of the time from the very beginning, it might be up to the job. I don't know yet. The other side of the story is that I didn't have it in the right place. Yea trying to keep water dripping off our steps is a good idea, I discovered that was not the worst of my problems. Find where the most run off is use it there. Or get more of the cable and put it where it should go. Because for me, it turned out that I had several gallons of water running down the inside of a wall. So next year I will purchase another 100 feet of this cable and zig zag it up the valley in my roof where 50% of all the runoff travels. So the product is good, don't like the thermostat at all. I'll use some kind of switch that lights up so I can see it's turned on. Read full review
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This control makes it very easy to own and operate roof heater cable. Don't have to worry about turning the cables on and off.
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Needed to install long heat strips due to ice dams forming up on the roof.Very easy to do using the installation guide for the best results.
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did not keep the ice off my roof
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